JetBlue Airways vs Frontier
JBLU and ULCC side by side, both in air transportation, scheduled, and air courier. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.
How JBLU and ULCC compare
Frontier is the larger company, worth 1.2 times as much as JetBlue Airways ($1.9B against $1.5B).
Frontier grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (24.0% versus 9.9% for JetBlue Airways).
Frontier keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of −8.9% compared with −10.0% at JetBlue Airways.
JetBlue Airways scores higher on the StockData Score (4 against 2 for Frontier), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.
Key numbers
A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.
| Metric | JBLU | ULCC |
|---|---|---|
| Size and price | ||
| Market cap | $1.5B | $1.9B |
| Share price | $4.02 | $8.08 |
| Change, 1 year | −8.8% | 112% |
| Change, 5 years | −72.1% | −48.6% |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.38 | 1.87 |
| Employees | 22K | 7,750 |
| StockData Score | ||
| Total score | 4 (better) | 2 |
| Valuation score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Growth score | 1 | 2 (better) |
| Performance score | 0 | 0 |
| Health score | 0 | 0 |
| Dividend score | 0 | 0 |
| Valuation | ||
| P/S | 0.2× (better) | 0.4× |
| P/B | 1.1× (better) | 50.3× |
| EV/EBITDA | 73.1× | – |
| P/FCF | – | 931× |
| FCF yield | −74.8% | 0.11% (better) |
| Fair value | $8.04 | – |
| Margin of safety | 50.0% | – |
| Growth | ||
| Revenue growth (TTM) | 9.9% | 24.0% (better) |
| Revenue growth, 5Y average | 25.1% (better) | 24.4% |
| Profitability | ||
| Operating margin | −6.1% (better) | −9.5% |
| Net margin | −10.0% | −8.9% (better) |
| FCF margin | −11.4% | 0.04% (better) |
| Return on equity | −55.4% (better) | −175% |
| Return on invested capital | −5.9% (better) | −878% |
| Financial health | ||
| Debt / equity | 6.28 (better) | 13.03 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 59.86 | – |
| Interest coverage | −1.0× (better) | −9.5× |
| Current ratio | 0.63 (better) | 0.62 |
| Altman Z-score | 0.43 (better) | 0.39 |
| Piotroski F-score | 3 (better) | 0 |
| Dividends and buybacks | ||
| Shareholder yield | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| Ownership | ||
| Held by institutions | 87.4% | 59.0% |
| Held by insiders | 23.1% | 57.3% |
| Insider net buying, 12 months | −$300K (better) | −$90.0M |
| Superinvestors holding | 1 | – |
| Short interest, % of float | 39.2% | 23.4% |
Go deeper
- JBLU stock overview
- JBLU income statement
- JBLU valuation and score
- ULCC stock overview
- ULCC income statement
- ULCC valuation and score
For information only, not investment advice. Check the source filings before relying on any figure.